Guess whos back?

IT had been a weird, depressing, albeit interesting six months. After all this I have come out more mature, stronger, and lot a fatter!

The significant events in last six months were (in no particular order):

* Parents visited me in Chicago for the first time. It was a two-week trip and we did a lot of Patel-style things. My mom refused to talk to me when I drove and kept constantly praying whenever I drove! But that didnt stop her from making me drive to a jewellery store in south-western suburbs just after a snow-storm dumped a foot of snow.

* I had been chatting with potential brides. And I got to meet a couple of them in my trip home in Jan. The direct side-effect is my empathy with the "ponnu-pakara" scenes of movies and a lot of heart-burn.

* I had a great time attending the wedding of Kartik & W (one of the highpoints in my India trip). Here's a post describing the same.

* I tried socialising with the bai in Marathi...she started shooting me "looks" ever since

* Came back to see the beloved Bears getting butt-whopped. Officially, I slipped into a depression.

* Two weeks after super-bowl, I decided not to take the offer to move to Amsterdam. The pay offered was so ridiculous that I figured that I will live like a homeless person under one of the umpteen bridges in Amsterdam. I walked out attended around 20 interviews in less than a week including trips to NY and Seattle. In the trip to NY, I fainted while waiting for an interview; hit my head on marble; had a deep laceration and five stitches. Also chipped two teeth. The company nurse when attending to me had a "dont die on me bitch" look and I spent the rest of the day in Jersey City ER. I came back and accepted an offer in good old Chicago.

So long, folks!